Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Another good read
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Another surprising read. This woman used to be one of those people whose very name, let alone her prose, made my hair go all over staticky and wild, standing right on end. She was so aggressive and pissed off at the world that she made me crazy. On the other hand, I devoured her first book and was struck by the originality of her thinking and her writing. Perchance it was her staccato delivery and breathlessly self-centered interviewee persona that turned me off? Whatever it was, however, she's now one of those writers with whom one often disagrees - and it's a piece of cake to know what she thinks about anything - but from whom one learns how even disagreeable ideas can be stated in ways that make them sound interesting and good to know about. Her column at Salon was an inspired idea and kudos to them for making it a weekly event. More to the point at the moment, read today's.
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